George Leo Haydock, on Neh 13:6

“But in all this time I was not in Jerusalem, because in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I went to the king, and after certain days I asked the king:”

“Days. Prefixed (chap. ii. 6.) I asked. Hebrew, “was required to attend by the king,” for about ten years. After which period, I returned and found such disorders. Some believe that Nehemias had been at Babylon, a long while before the 32d year of the king.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.